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It was a good night for HBO, "Glee" and probably the bartenders at Hollywood's annual Golden Globe awards.

HBO's Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire" dethroned "Mad Men" as television's top drama — in the estimation of Golden Globe voters. Al Pacino and Claire Danes both won acting awards for their roles in HBO movies.

"Glee," meanwhile, won the Globe for television's best comedy or musical, its second Globe for the two years the exuberant Fox series has been on the air.…

Actor David Nelson, the last surviving member of the wholesome television family portrayed in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," has died at age 74, his spokesman said.

Nelson died in Los Angeles on Tuesday of complications from colon cancer, his representative Dale Olson said.

He played a fictionalized version of himself as the eldest son of the Nelson family in the sitcom "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" during the series' entire ABC run from 1952 to…

Ten weeks after giving birth to 17 puppies, the Rhodesian Ridgeback mother is to be spayed while her cute offspring leave for new homes, the dog's owner said Thursday.

Ramona Wegemann said the 26-hour labor was very tiresome for the mother, Etana, and she does not want to endanger the dog's health with another pregnancy.

Wegemann said she had to personally feed the eight female and nine male puppies with a bottle filled with special milk for several weeks, because Etana's nine…

A leading stuntman in the Broadway musical "Spider-Man" was recovering in hospital on Tuesday after falling from a high platform during a preview performance in yet another setback for the troubled musical.

An aerialist and stunt double for the title character in the show, Christopher Tierney, was taken to a nearby hospital after he fell about seven minutes before the end of the performance on Monday night, the show's spokesman Rick Miramontez said in a statement.

The show has…

Looking for the perfect mix tape for 2010? Well, surely others will disagree, but these 10 songs got our votes for the year's most entertaining, and we're betting they'll keep your attention for some time to come:

1. "When a Woman Loves," R. Kelly: An absolutely stunning love song with a pitch-perfect vocal performance that will send chills down your spine — for the right reasons.

2. "(Expletive) You," Cee Lo: This phrase might not be so offensive if everyone delivered…

John Wayne's original "True Grit" was a vehicle for a worldly wise actor in his 60s in another gruff Old West role he long since had perfected.

The new take on "True Grit" is a star-making showcase for Hailee Steinfeld in her screen debut as Mattie Ross, the 14-year-old who sets the violent story of retribution in motion.

Wayne's main trail buddy was Kim Darby, who was in her early 20s when she played Mattie in 1969's "True Grit," based on Charles Portis' novel. Joel and Ethan…

Rapper 50 Cent made a hit song out of talking about how he gets money. Now another rapper wants to get some too — from 50 Cent.

Lawyers for Tyrone Simmons, an Atlanta rapper who goes by "Caliber," filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn.

The lawsuit names 50 Cent, along with the producer who created the instrumental beat for the 2007 hit song, "I Get Money," and a host of music industry companies.

The lawsuit seeks damages and says…

Celebrities including Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, and Sting have called on Iran to release a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

In an open letter published Monday, more than 80 actors, artists, musicians, academics and politicians said that "Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has suffered enough."

Signatories include actor Colin Firth, artist Damien Hirst, Nobel literature laureates Wole Soyinka and V.S. Naipaul, British opposition leader Ed Miliband and former…

For years, civic boosters have pointed out intriguing parallels that suggest Seneca Falls, N.Y., was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, the make-believe mill town in "It's a Wonderful Life."

Those musings are now embodied in a museum of sorts that showcases Frank Capra's Christmas movie classic.

And who cut the ribbon at Friday's grand opening? Zuzu, of course.

Former child actress Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter Zuzu in the 1946 drama, traveled to…

Comedian Dane Cook's sister-in-law, ordered to pay millions in restitution after pleading guilty to stealing from the entertainer, asked a judge on Friday to allow her to keep two gold wedding bands she says are family heirlooms.

The rings are not worth much money but have sentimental value to Erika McCauley, lawyer Scott Matson said. Judge Mary-Lou Rup did not immediately rule.

McCauley and her husband, Darryl McCauley — Cook's half brother — have been ordered to pay Cook $12…